And God spoke all these words, saying, "I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. ... You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments."

Where are those things that I have constructed to set ahead of you? What are they, Lord? Give me a searing fire in my conscience against anything which makes me seek you second.

My lack of faithfulness in prayer is one of those things. And it is not a thing; it is lots of little things, the little distractions that I allow to get between me and you.

So, Lord, let my conscience burn within me when I am not listening, meditating or praying as I should be. Help me to, through that burning conscience, to develop an addictive prayer habit.

Today's readings in the Psalms:

Morning: Psalm 110

Mid-day: 119:65-72

Evening: Psalm 36

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